📍 Penn Quarter, Washington DC
35 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 35 Restaurants
Pre-theater fine dining, Indian and Italian rooms, and tasting-menu marquees near Capital One Arena.
Top 10 in Penn Quarter
1
minibar by José Andrés
José Andrés's avant-garde tasting counter seats a small group for a multi-course progression that pushes the technical limits of cooking. Each course is built to surprise, drawing ...
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2
Moon Rabbit
Kevin Tien's modern Vietnamese, reborn in 2024 in a 50-seat Penn Quarter room. The kitchen reinterprets Vietnamese flavor through barbecue-spiced cod in tom yum coconut broth, a le...
92
3
Rasika
The Penn Quarter modern-Indian room that raised the bar for the genre nationally, opened in 2005 by Ashok Bajaj with chef Vikram Sunderam. The palak chaat — crispy fried baby spina...
92
4
Fiola
Fabio Trabocchi's Italian flagship anchors a corner of Penn Quarter with a refined dining room built around seasonal, regional cooking. Diners choose among themed prix-fixe menus —...
91
5
Sushi Nakazawa
The DC outpost of Daisuke Nakazawa's sushi house sits at the back of the Waldorf Astoria, an intimate room of dark wood and gold. The format is a multi-course omakase of nigiri set...
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6
Rania
Rania occupies a palatial Penn Quarter space with a kitchen led by Chetan Shetty, who came up at Indian Accent in New York and Delhi. The cooking reworks regional Indian dishes thr...
91
7
barmini
barmini is José Andrés's cocktail bar in Penn Quarter, the more playful sibling to the tasting-menu minibar next door. The focus is a long, theatrical list of drinks built with the...
90
8
Silver Lyan
Ryan Chetiyawardana's first U.S. bar lives inside a former bank vault under the Riggs hotel in Penn Quarter — crimson velvet, exposed concrete, original tin ceilings. The menu read...
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9
Rice Bar DC
Rice Bar is a build-your-own bibimbap and noodle counter in Penn Quarter, off Pennsylvania Avenue. Pick a base, four free toppings, a protein, and a sauce for a customizable Korean...
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10
Pubkey
Pubkey is a bar in Penn Quarter, a few steps from Capital One Arena and the downtown museums. The website is sparse, but the setting drops it into one of DC's busiest nightlife and...
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All 35 Restaurants in Penn Quarter
Oyamel Cocina Mexicana
85
Zaytinya
85
Karizma Modern Indian
85
Bazaar Meat by José Andrés
85
Jackpot
84
Denson Liquor Bar
84
Free State
84
Succotash PRIME
83
Jaleo - DC
83
China Chilcano
83
Cafe Fiorello DC
82
Bantam King
82
Compass Coffee
82
Good Company Doughnuts & Cafe
82
Bindaas Bowls & Rolls
82
Cafe Riggs
81
Lucky Danger
81
The Smith - Penn Quarter
80
Carmine's - Washington DC
80
Boqueria - Penn Quarter
80
Clyde's of Gallery Place
80
Penn Quarter Sports Tavern
80
Umaya
79
Ella's Wood Fired Kitchen
79
Knightsbridge Restaurant Group
76
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